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Taste a Whole Lot of Wine Tonight; Thai Red Bull Firing Up Elmhurst

<strong>Greenwich Village</strong>: If you can finish a "Can you take the heat?" tasting menu (which gets spicier with each course) on March 15 at Thai restaurant Rhong-Tiam on La Guardia Place, the chef will give you dinner for two at a new restaurant he&rsquo;s opening called Kurve. [Grub Street]
<strong>Elmhurst</strong>: You can find "those scary-looking little bottles of Thai Red Bull" at Sugar Club, a little Thai grocery and video store at 81-20 Broadway. (They have curry pastes, too.) [<a href="http://gothamist.com/2008/03/07/at_the_ethnic_m_11.php#more">Gothamist</a>]
<strong>Hell&rsquo;s Kitchen</strong>: The city&rsquo;s first Wine Expo will be open tonight and tomorrow afternoon at the Javits Center; get excited about seminars on Argentine Malbecs (oh, and 600 WINES to sample). [<a href="http://www.wine-expos.com/wine/ny/">New York Wine Expo</a>]
<strong>Midtown East</strong>: Construction seems under way for the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/dining/09off.html"><em>Times</em>-announced</a> first U.S. outlet of Brussels-based chain Rouge Tomate. [<a href="http://eater.com/archives/2008/03/plywood_report_132.php">Eater</a>]
<strong>West Village</strong>: The <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/the-waverly-inn/">Waverly Inn</a> has a secret cocktail on its menu, and they won&rsquo;t tell you what&rsquo;s in it. But maybe that&rsquo;s why <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/food/2008/03/lebron_james_and_anna_wintour.html">LeBron really wanted to go</a> to the bathroom. [<a href="http://downbythehipster.blogspot.com/2008/03/waverly-inns-secret-red-cocktail.html">Down by the Hipster</a>]

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Greenwich Village: If you can finish a "Can you take the heat?" tasting menu (which gets spicier with each course) on March 15 at Thai restaurant Rhong-Tiam on La Guardia Place, the chef will give you dinner for two at a new restaurant he’s opening called Kurve. [Grub Street]Elmhurst: You can find "those scary-looking little bottles of Thai Red Bull" at Sugar Club, a little Thai grocery and video store at 81-20 Broadway. (They have curry pastes, too.) [Gothamist]Hell’s Kitchen: The city’s first Wine Expo will be open tonight and tomorrow afternoon at the Javits Center; get excited about seminars on Argentine Malbecs (oh, and 600 WINES to sample). [New York Wine Expo]Midtown East: Construction seems under way for the Times-announced first U.S. outlet of Brussels-based chain Rouge Tomate. [Eater]West Village: The Waverly Inn has a secret cocktail on its menu, and they won’t tell you what’s in it. But maybe that’s why LeBron really wanted to go to the bathroom. [Down by the Hipster]